Count Me In

Fellow Bloggers, do you obsess over your Number?  You know... your Followers?  I do.  For instance, right now I have one hundred fifteen (doesn't that look better than 115?)  But I know of a few people*
who read my blog on at least a kinda-sorta regular basis, but aren't Followers- seven I can think of off hand.  However, (and this is an embarrassing but true fact about me) five of my actual Followers are family members that I took the liberty of setting up myself.

I know, pathetic.

I've lost a total of three Followers- two on one day (right after I posted this post about Jim... maybe baby giraffes offend some people??  I had no way of knowing that!)  These losses saddened me for days as though I'd lost my most favorite pair of shoes.  (If any of you are thinking of leaving I hope I'm doing a good job of guilting you into sticking around.  I have no problem with a pity Follow).

Am I crazy?  Do you other Bloggers fret as I do over your Number?  Or have I completely laid my insecurities out there in the nude for the entire blogosphere (or at least 115 members of the blogosphere) to poke fun at?  Prod away, I'm embracing my vulnerabilities today!  Plus, I'm confident I can sway you to stay with this hi-lar-ious commercial that has become a favorite here at Ad Bits.  It was emailed to me today by an unofficial Follower and real life friend whom I adore, with the note that she and her kiddos love it.  That could go without saying because hello!  Who wouldn't love this ad?  Even I, with my weird rodent phobia love this commercial and may or may not be headed to Rhapsody as soon as this post is finished to download the soundtrack onto my MP3 player.  That's for me to know.


*I adore my unofficial Followers!  You guys give me faith that maybe there are others reading my blog too!  Maybe my number is more like 1,115!!! 

Sappy or Sassy?

I'm a textbook Libra. So making decisions is painfully hard for me. I'm conflicted on a daily basis. Heels or flats? Curly hair or straight? Pretend alligators on the kitchen floor or quicksand? I'm feeling particularly indecisive today so I'm giving you your choice of a clutch your heart and swallow the huge lump in your throat commercial, or a new Kia commercial* in which the hamsters (or gerbils?) really break it down this time. And they're wearing hoodies!


*"This or That" hamsters? Really? I was just saying how much I hate making decisions. Kia's target market must not include Libras. Also, why a toaster? It gives toasted ham and cheese a whole new meaning.

This next one made me cry. Don't say I didn't warn you. But it's darling. And it makes me want an iphone even more than before. Maybe I should have put the tearjerker first? And finished with a pick-me-up? Augh! Will these impossible decisions never stop!?!